Machete (2010)

Machete Synopsis

After a violent shakedown from a notorious drug lord nearly kills him, Machete, a renegade Mexican Federale and tough-as-nails vigilante for justice, roams the streets of Texas, working as a day laborer. When Machete is hired by a crooked US Senator to execute a covert hit, Machete is double-crossed and forced to run from the cops and an endless stream of assassins. But what they don't know is that Machete is looking for them so he can settle the score.

Are you into Danny Trejo’s famous character Machete? We have some excellent exclusive clips to share with you, but they are both chock full of spoilers, so if you haven’t caught the film yet, you will be spoiled. Additionally, the clips are NSFW.

I’m pretty sure a couple of wishing wells and a fleet of warlocks will need to get involved in order for Machete Kills Again…In Space to ever see the light of day, but at least we have the above trailer for an explosive glimpse at what might have been had the sequel not tanked at the box office. The trailer was aired during the movie, so you may not have seen it yet.

At some point or another, you’ve been mean mugged before. Whether by some bitch who is intimidated by your hotness, by some asshole who wants to step outside and throw down because he saw you making a different kind of eye at his girlfriend or maybe by your wife because you took a nap instead of going to the grocery store, you’ve been victimized by someone who has attempted to punch you in the face with their eyes.

Last weekend, Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity exploded out of the gate en route to a $55 million weekend for the record books. By Sunday evening, the film had carded the largest opening in Sandra Bullock’s career, the largest opening in George Clooney’s career and more importantly, the largest opening in the history of October. It now seems poised to break even more records this weekend.

Machete Kills is a very real movie, as crazy as that still seems. The unlikely sequel to the unlikely Machete, all based on a fake trailer for the unlikely Robert Rodriguez-Quentin Tarantino collaboration Grindhouse, Machete Kills brings back Danny Trejo as the titular fearless killer

Both characters make sense to return for the next adventure, though it's unclear where they might fit into the story, which finds Machete working with the U.S. government to take down a Mexican drug cartel leader. There are also still plans to round out the trilogy with Machete Kills Again

One of the most surprising news items of this week was that Robert Rodriguez had secured financing for Machete Kills, his sequel to the summer 2010 grindhouse feature Machete. According to the report, Rodriguez has teamed up with producer Alexander Rodnyansky and production is currently scheduled to begin in April. But if things aren't moving fast enough for you already, wait until you have a gander at this.

At the end of Machete, the Grindhouse follow-up from director Robert Rodriguez, the filmmaker made a pretty lofty promise. The credits sequence told audiences that they could expect two sequels to the film called Machete Kills and Machete Kills Again. The reason I call it a lofty promise is because Grindhouse was fairly notorious for underperforming at the box office, as people didn't seem super excited to bring back the format.

I’ll never understand Robert Rodriguez’s obsession with Jessica Alba. She shows up in nearly all of his recent movies but never seems to actually want to do any of the things he’s written for her to do in them. In Sin City

In the first clip, Machete gives live to every immigration regulation opponent’s fantasy by attempting to assassinate a Senator preaching against open borders. In the other clips, Michelle Rodriguez waxes poetic

While not an official part of Comic Con, Robert Rodriguez, Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez showed up at a local parking lot to host a party tonight, complete with a taco truck and free posters for all

This new trailer shows off everyone involved, but unceremoniously drops Lindsay Lohan from the trailer completely. Probably a smart move. Danny Trejo shows up doing exactly what he’s been doing since the beginning

You’ve seen the Machete trailer they made before filming the movie, now get a look at the first Machete trailer put together afterwards. Robert Rodriguez has unveiled what he’s calling his “Illegal” trailer

Robert Rodriguez’s Machete now has a release date. I’m still not sure I’m ready to believe it’s actually happening. It’s based on one of the fake trailers from Grindhouse, a movie which was widely considered

As much as Lindsay Lohan appaers to be drunk or high, or whatever it is that she's doing stumbling around on the front pages of every tabloid on a weekly basis, it’s kind of amazing that she isn’t naked twenty-four hours a day

I’m excited about Machete in a way that’s almost impossible to explain to anyone who doesn’t rate Planet Terror as one of their favorite zombie movies. Scratch that, most of you haven’t even seen Planet Terror

When he first teased his Grindhouse spin-off movie Machete, Robert Rodriguez seemed to think it would never be anything other than a direct-to-DVD feature. The movie has since become a reality, a much bigger reality

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Don’t listen to Robert Rodriguez. The brilliant Austinite director is notorious for his ability to shoot movies quickly, but he’s even better and promising to shoot them

Seagal is considering taking a part in the movie. The words his reps used it depends on “conditions”, which could mean salary, weight loss, or Steven’s busy schedule. Ok let’s face it, it’s probably not Steven’s busy schedule

Michelle Rodriguez, Jonah Hill, and Robert De Niro may parts in the movie. Rodriguez makes sense, she’s kind of like a prettier, female version of Danny Trejo. Pissed off is her specialty and she’s tailor made for an action-revenge flick

It's been widely assumed for a while that the Planet Terror star would be joining the testosterone-fueled cast of The Expendables. But he told our friends at Gordon and the Whale that he's not only not in the film, he was never even cast

Grindhouse did not get the love that it deserved. What’s worse is that because it got left to die at the box office, it ended up getting a less than stellar treatment on DVD, with the infamous fake movie trailers being left off